Protecting and promoting free software often requires making
your voice heard by those with the power to legislate freedom away. In
2015, the Free Software Foundation (FSF) organized with activists and
organizations from around the world to petition governments on a wide
variety of issues affecting computer users.

This is the latest installment of our
Licensing and Compliance Lab's series on free software developers who
choose GNU licenses for their works. In this edition, we conducted an
email-based interview with Guillaume Roguez, the Project Director of
Ring

The world of computer hardware products is in many respects a dark and
dismal place when it comes to computer user freedom: graphics
processors, network controllers, and even the low-level boot systems
of most computers use proprietary software. However, we know that this
situation is not due to a lack of demand from users for hardware that
respects them. People want this, but in the absence of options, have
just resigned themselves to accepting mistreatment.

In August of 2012, the Licensing & Compliance Lab kicked off a series of interviews with developers of free software. With 2015 in the rear-view mirror, we take a moment to look back on the series and highlight these great projects once again.

The U.S. Department of Education has issued a notice of proposed rule
making (NPRM) with a request for comments from the public regarding
new regulations relating to the licensing of grant-funded works --
both software and courseware.

This is the latest instalment of our Licensing and
Compliance Lab's series on free software developers who choose GNU
licenses for their works.
In this edition, we conducted an email-based interview with Michael
Lissner and Brian Carver of RECAP The Law.